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    How to reduce old floorboards to 50mm wide - table saw vs. bandsaw etc.

    i have all the mentioned saws as in jig/band/track/circ/table and by default i use the table saw but as said by others you need a strait edge on at least one side if i had a specific job in mind i would reduce the planks to the length required with a say 20mm margin this makes the job much...
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    Quality of timber

    7x2 is the preworked stock size if its quoted in inches you need to reduce the size the machining will take off rough guide 1"= 21.5mm 2"=43mm 3"=69mm 4"=94mm 5" =119mm 6"=143mm 7"169mm you should always ask "what is the actual size" you should always measure the actual size a few inches...
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    Kitchen units - turning into open cupboards - best way to fill / cover holes?

    another one for white board on the sides but just be aware if you want to fit a shelve with the 5mm shelve pins you must remove the say 3mm cladding thickness from the shelve length on one or both ends iff panelled both sides other options is fit the shelves first then clad between shelves...
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    Portable Work Lights

    whilst i am a great advocate for ryobi and have many off there worklights between around 100 to 3000 lumins i do NOT buy anything unless its around 40% off on line they are a closed shop with cbs power tools Peterborough as ryobi direct...
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    Sash Windows : from 2 pane to single pane ???

    you can buy stepped double glazing for this exact purpose or you used to be able too you will need to alter the weighs or spring mechanism to accommodate the extra weight
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    Ratchet strap storage

    i just use electrical tape that in its own right can help bind the load together or add protection from rubbing
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    Where did Job and Knock go?

    as far as i know he is fine i dont think he would come back as an alter ego as he is strait-laced and like me has one tag on many forums he is also fully old school and open like me but he is far far older than me as i am 71 and a bit he is already 72:giggle:
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    Insurance for planning refusal

    a general guess if someone would take on the "bet" the odds would probably be perhaps 50/50 chance off approval so a margin off say 20% for profit so your cover would be 2500 plus 20% plus vat so perhaps £3600 if you can find someone interested which i doubt now they may deem the risk to be...
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    Neighbour's new summerhouse

    i wonder iff simply fully enclosing the handrail section and adding windows above with full double door all off which can be swung fully to 90% would then comply fully as no raised platform as its part off the internal floor and not a veranda as fully enclosed ??? just a though as a raised...
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    Internet range extenders how exactly do they need to be set up

    haven't updated my system since the original post so no updates i can give
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    Internet range extenders how exactly do they need to be set up

    thanks for your input much appreciated
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    Concrete corner fence post and angled fence

    you say 20cm away ?? would that not be easily filled by a carefully placed second post and a full 150mm gravel board with or without a chamfered edge to sit in comfortably ??
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    Cooling tips

    i should have said its for when your doing a days work away from home or in a hot location like an attic or just without shade;)
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    Recycle side board

    i am off course assuming people have the ability to take suggestions i make and discard anything not suitable or that wont work iff indeed they take on my suggestion and they come unstuck, i will work on the principle that there lives must be full off simple mistakes they have yet to learn from ;)
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    Cooling the home, methods?

    old thread but worth comment a well insulated house may be perhaps 24 to 28 degrees the loft space with all day solar gain may be mid 30s to 50 degrees so heat tranfer would be very negative
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    Cooling tips

    2 or 3 litre bottle off flat pop /diluting juice half full placed in a freezer lay flat overnight or at least 4 hours another 1 or two full bottles in the fridge in the morning fill the frozen bottle from the fridge bottle transport in a coolbox together or lay on a seat or other surface...
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    Recycle side board

    the last one i converted was to an indoor gineapig activity centre and hutch other adaptions without much change is beer/coctail/spirits cabinet including a mini fridge or converted to a workshop/garage position with sacrificial top to accommodate the oily dirty top use
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    Gravel boards and misaligned posts

    perhaps say 3mm off 4 corners diagonally and opposit would probably give you about 18-25mm clearance a taper to say zero 1/4 way up or down will give you minimum material removal but loads off faffing about
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    Internet range extenders how exactly do they need to be set up

    dont use cameras except for pictures any video clips are few and far between perhaps 1 or 2 in a few months and around 10 seconds long
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    Outhouse Project

    your understanding off underfloor heating may be very different to mine ?? in my mind true underfloor heating by nature is expensive to install, very slow acting and only ever suitable for areas with extreme levels off insulation where as background heating like say a 300 or 600w tube heater...
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